[ltp] Re: External TFT with higher resolution on a IBM T40

[Ben Plaut]

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k, i'll see if i can figure something out :)

-Ben

On 11/8/05, Eric Kjeldergaard <kjelderg@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 11/9/05, Ben Plaut <bplaut@gmail.com> wrote:
> > (T40 2373 w/ 14" 1024x768 on Radeon 7500 16mb | Ubuntu Breezy)
> >
> > i've got a similar dillema...
> > When i use the laptop, it is either with the dock & moniter, or on its
> own
> > -
> > never hotplugging, and only one screen at once. I also would like to ge=
t
> > 1280x1024 when docked, but 1024x768 when undocked... and i'm a bit
> confused
> > with what has been said here. It seems that i can reconfigure Xorg when
> > docked to get full res, but would i have to reconfigure every time i
> turned
> > on my computer?
>
> There is almost assuredly a better solution, but one possibility is
> that on boot you could have a script check for the dock and cp your
> xorg.conf.docked or xorg.conf.undocked as appropriate to xorg.conf.
> (This is what vmware's scripts do on boot ... )
>
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Ben Plaut
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k, i'll see if i can figure something out :)<br><br>-Ben<br><br><div><span =
class=3D"gmail_quote">On 11/8/05, <b class=3D"gmail_sendername">Eric Kjelde=
rgaard</b> &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:kjelderg@gmail.com">kjelderg@gmail.com</a>=
&gt; wrote:
</span><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"border-left: 1px solid rg=
b(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">On 11/9/05=
, Ben Plaut &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:bplaut@gmail.com">bplaut@gmail.com</a>&gt=
; wrote:
<br>&gt; (T40 2373 w/ 14&quot; 1024x768 on Radeon 7500 16mb | Ubuntu Breezy=
)<br>&gt;<br>&gt; i've got a similar dillema...<br>&gt; When i use the lapt=
op, it is either with the dock &amp; moniter, or on its own<br>&gt; -<br>
&gt; never hotplugging, and only one screen at once. I also would like to g=
et<br>&gt; 1280x1024 when docked, but 1024x768 when undocked... and i'm a b=
it confused<br>&gt; with what has been said here. It seems that i can recon=
figure Xorg when
<br>&gt; docked to get full res, but would i have to reconfigure every time=
 i turned<br>&gt; on my computer?<br><br>There is almost assuredly a better=
 solution, but one possibility is<br>that on boot you could have a script c=
heck for the dock and cp your
<br>xorg.conf.docked or xorg.conf.undocked as appropriate to xorg.conf.<br>=
(This is what vmware's scripts do on boot ... )<br><br>--<br>If I write a s=
ignature, my emails will appear more personalised.<br>--<br>The linux-think=
pad mailing list home page is at:
<br><a href=3D"http://mailman.linux-thinkpad.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-thi=
nkpad">http://mailman.linux-thinkpad.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-thinkpad</a=
><br></blockquote></div><br><br clear=3D"all"><br>-- <br>Ben Plaut<br><a hr=
ef=3D"mailto:bplaut@gmail.com">
bplaut@gmail.com</a>=20

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